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Good Form Club and brand new Leeds venue Nation of Shopkeepers presents an all day fun fest featuring...

THE XX
The XX released their latest offering Crystalised / Hot Like Fire on Young Turks earlier this year and have been receiving high praise from the likes of Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq.
Watch the video for Crystalised here - http://vimeo.com/4358387http://www.myspace.com/thexx

POST WAR YEARS
Post War Years' off-kilter music is quite boring to listen to, and you probably wouldn't like it. But I bet you will. It's brilliant, and it's not off-kilter. Trust me.
http://www.myspace.com/thempostwaryears

JUST HANDSHAKES (WE'RE BRITISH)
This is UK indie pop at it’s best. Leeds based band, Just Handshakes (We’re British) marriage all the best bits of late 90’s Life Without Buildings era indie with the likes of Emmy the Great, Johnny Flynn and Florence and the Machine
http://www.myspace.com/justhandshakeswerebritish

The town centre of Leeds sees the welcome arrival and a unique new prospect on the social map this May, in the form of pub-with-great-music, NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS, which will open its doors to the public on Saturday, 23 May 2009.

Forming part of the forthcoming multi-venue wristband music festival Stag and Dagger, which travels to Leeds from London on 22 May, before heading for Glasgow on 23 May, Nation of Shopkeepers will be open its doors for the first time as one of the featured festival venues, with a line up including a very special DJ set from CSS lead singer, Lovefoxxx.

From the people behind North London institution the Lock Tavern, music promoters Adventures in the Beetroot Field, Field Day and Stag and Dagger Festivals, as well as the Amersham Arms in New Cross, Bungalows and Bears in Sheffield and Start the Bus in Bristol, NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS will feature a wide, irregular array of live music events, DJ nights, and everything either side – from pub quizzes and weekend record fairs, to a homemade, great value menu and a huge range of beers and bevies.

The Grade II listed building, - currently The Courtyard - will be receiving a radical make over, turning the space into music and arts-led creative hub, developed by artists, illustrators and designers from the farm of creative agency YCN. Once it re-opens, the 450 capacity bar and music venue inside will offer a diverse collective of the best new, alternative and established Leeds-based and national music promoters, labels, club nights, promoters, bands and creative’s, together with a host of eclectic daytime events including jumble sales and bingo.

The venue will have a 3am license every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and the special luxury of a large garden with an outdoor music license and 400 capacity, meaning live music outdoors and BBQs for all on warm summer nights, and heaters and hot drinks when the weather is not so generous.

All nights are FREE entry except for Saturday which will be £2.00 to regulars after 10pm and £3.00 for non-regulars.

Mon 25th May
GOOD FORM CLUB // BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL feat THE XX // POST WAR YEARS // BRONTIDE // PENGILLY’S // MI MYE // JUST HADSHAKES (WE’RE BRITISH) // DJs from JUMBO RECORDS and more to be confirmed – 4PM – LATE / PLUS RECORD & CD FAIR - 11.30 – 5pm
The XX released their latest offering Crystalised / Hot Like Fire on Young Turks earlier this year and have been receiving high praise from the likes of Zne Lowe and Steve Lamacq. Also playing are Brontide, Mi Mye, Pengilly's and whole host of other interesting live acts. First band will be on at 5pm. Don’t forget the record fair from 12pm till 4pm, Free Entry all day!!

Thursday 28th May
NEIL HALSTEAD + LACH (Live) 8pm – 10pm (Free)
Neil was a member of cult shoegaze band Slowdive before forming Mojave 3 in 1996. His first solo record 'sleeping on Roads " was released on 4AD records in 2002 and he has a new album "Oh Mighty Engine " out now on Brushfire records. Timeout has called him"one of Britains greatest songwriters" and NME 'Britains best keep secret" "Oh Mighty Engine is an understated gem of eccentric englishnesss: like Syd Barrett if he'd ever set foot on a surf board-The man is a Legend" NME. Also performing is New Lach, New York Times described him like this “Lach is the mastermind of Antifolk, a loose concept involving acoustic guitars and punk-rock attitude, like a Lower East Side rendezvous of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. Like black snow, stalled subway cars and random violence, Lach is a Manhattan institution” sweet.

Friday 29th May
KILL THE RHYTHM LAUNCH PARTY
JOKERS OF THE SCENE (FOOLS GOLD) + OCELOT (WALL OF SOUND) + YOUTH ATTACK! + HEADS UP! – 10.30 – 3am
Kill The Rhythm is the weekly FREE electronic party with residents Broady (Heads Up), Youth Attack! and Ocelot (Wall of Sound) bringing you the best in cutting edge House, Disco, Techno, Electro and Dubstep with extra special guests and the cream of local DJs. 110% good times 24/7.